The Honest Art Dictionary

Author : The Art History Babes
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 071125415X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Honest Art Dictionary written by The Art History Babes and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the popular @arthistorybabespodcast, “a tidy, helpful and informative guide to what can be a Tower of Babel of art jargon” (Republican American). In this art dictionary like no other, The Art History Babes (the hosts behind the prolific podcast) break down the elitist world of art with definitions of over three hundred essential art terms. Art speak is infamously alienating, strange, and confusing as hell. Think stereotypical, stylish art dealers who describe art as ‘derivative’ and ‘dynamic’—or stuffy auction houses filled with portraits of dead white people called ‘Old Masters’. What do these words mean? Where did they come from? And how can you actually use them? The Honest Art Dictionary spans art history, iconic movements, peculiar words, and pretentious phrases. After reading this book, you’ll be able to lay down that art jargon with the best of them. From avant-garde to oeuvre, the Harlem Renaissance to New Objectivity, museum fatigue to memento mori—the Babes use their whip-smart humor, on-point knowledge, and a heavy dose of candor to explain even the most complex ideas in bite-sized, relatable and often humorous definitions. With illustrations from Carmen Casado—The Honest Art Dictionary is a valuable starter pack for those new to the study of art history, those re-exploring the discipline, or those simply interested in impressing their friends during a trip to the local art museum.

Author : Ann Lee Morgan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191073881
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of American Art & Artists written by Ann Lee Morgan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists has been fully revised and updated as well as including dozens of new entries offering an insightful and informative view of America's artistic heritage. An indispensable biographical and critical guide to American art from colonial times to contemporary postmodernism, this valuable resource provides readers with a wealth of factual detail and perceptive analysis of America's leading artists. This new edition has been updated to include a number of entries on prevailing topics such as body art, light and space, Indian-American art, scatter art, and transactional art, and features many new or greatly expanded biographical entries on artists such as Ida Applebroog, Guerilla Girls, Peter Hujar and Shirin Neshat. Morgan offers readers a wealth of authoritative information as well as well-informed analysis and criticism of artists and their work. Filled with fascinating historical background and penetrating insight, The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists is an essential resource for art lovers everywhere.

Author : Ann Lee Morgan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198029551
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists written by Ann Lee Morgan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-18 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the advent of abstract expressionism in the 1940s, America became the white hot center of the artistic universe. Now, in The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists, the first such volume to appear in three decades, Ann Lee Morgan offers an informative, insightful, and long overdue resource on our nation's artistic heritage. Featuring 945 alphabetically arranged entries, here is an indispensable biographical and critical guide to American art from colonial times to contemporary postmodernism. Readers will find a wealth of factual detail and insightful analysis of the leading American painters, ranging from John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, and Mary Cassatt to such modern masters as Jackson Pollack, Romare Bearden, and Andy Warhol. Morgan offers razor-sharp entries on sculptors ranging from Alexander Calder to Louise Nevelson, on photographers such as Berenice Abbott, Man Ray, Walker Evans, and Ansel Adams, and on contemporary installation artists, including video master Bill Viola. In addition, the dictionary provides entries on important individuals connected to the art scene, including collectors such as Peggy Guggenheim and critics such as Clement Greenberg. Morgan also examines notable American institutions, organizations, schools, techniques, styles, and movements. The range of coverage is indeed impressive, but equally important is the quality of analysis that appears in entry after entry. Morgan gives readers a wealth of trustworthy and authoritative information as well as perceptive, well-informed criticism of artists and their work. In addition, the book is thoroughly cross-referenced, so readers can easily find additional information on any topic of interest. Beautifully written, filled with fascinating historical background and penetrating insight, The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists is an essential one-volume resource for art lovers everywhere.

Author : Editors of Phaidon Press
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714841199
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Art Book written by Editors of Phaidon Press and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2001-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A to Z dictionary of American art by American artists or those who immigrated in their early years.

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ann Hill
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Visual Dictionary of Art written by Ann Hill and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 990 pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language; in which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals; and Illustrated in Their Different Significations ... Together with a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson ... Whith Numerous Corrections, and with the Addition of Several Thousand Words ... by the Rev. H.J. Todd ... In Four Volumes. Vol. 1. [-4.] written by and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1004 pages
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Author : Theodore Gracyk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350249114
Total Pages : 257 pages
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Download or read book Making Meaning in Popular Song written by Theodore Gracyk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, ASA (American Society for Aesthetics) 2023 Outstanding Monograph Prize For Theodore Gracyk meaning in popular music depends as much on the context of reception and performer's intentions as on established musical and semantic practices. Songs are structures that serve as the scaffolding for meaning production, influenced by the performance decisions of the performer and their intentions. Arguing against prevailing theories of meaning that ignore the power of the performance, Gracyk champions the contextual relevance of the performer as well as novel messaging through creative repurposing of recordings. Extending the philosophical insight that meaning is a function of use, Gracyk explains how both the performance persona and the personal life of a song's performer can contribute to (or undercut) ethical and political aspects of a performance or recording. Using Carly Simon's “You're So Vain”, Pink Floyd, the emergence of the musical genre of post-punk and the practice of “cover” versions, Gracyk explores the multiple, sometimes contradictory, notions of authenticity applied to popular music and the conditions for meaningful communication. He places popular music within larger cultural contexts and examines how assigning a performance or recording to one music genre rather than another has implications for what it communicates. Informed by a mix of philosophy of art and philosophy of language, Gracyk's entertaining study of popular music constructs a theoretical basis for a philosophy of meaning for songs.

Author : Ian Chilvers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists written by Ian Chilvers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the highly praised Oxford Dictionary of Art, this is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western art from Ancient Greece to the present day. For this second edition, much new material has been added on twentieth-century art, including subjects such as Neo-Expressionism and theTurner prize, and the book is ideal for students and anyone who enjoys visiting art galleries.Over 2,000 entries on painting, sculpture, and the graphic artsIncludes artists ranging from Botticelli to Grandma Moses and Andy WarholLeading collectors, dealers, writers, and patronsEntries are often enlivened by quotations from artists and criticsFrom the reviews of its parent volume: 'the best and most inclusive single volume available, immensely useful and very well written' Marina Vaisey, Sunday Times'An essential addition to the bookshelves of any art-lover' Good Book Guide